Apocalypse: The Great Reset
Chapter 43

The Strange Bald Man

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Chu Han glanced at Xiao Yunfei, who no longer dared make a sound, his eyes bloodshot and face filled with terror. A cruel smile curved Chu Han's lips. He had said he would feed him to the zombies, so he would feed him to the zombies.

No arguing about it!

Several zombies at the residential complex entrance had already spotted Chu Han. They swarmed toward him, opening mouths that had gradually become sharper. Their two rows of irregular pointed teeth were yellowed, smeared with bits of flesh and blood, and reeked enough to make someone faint.

"Ahhh!" Xiao Yunfei screamed in collapse, begging nonstop. "Please let me go! Let me go! Help! Help!"

Chu Han turned a deaf ear. With Xiao Yunfei in one hand and a massive axe over his shoulder in the other, he charged into the complex at incredible speed. He had observed the place before; this residential complex had two gates.

Roar—

Roar—

The zombies sprang out one after another. Some had caught the scent, while others had been drawn by Xiao Yunfei's screams. They followed far behind Chu Han. Having yet to undergo a second evolution, they simply could not keep up with Chu Han's Tier 1 physique. Chu Han, however, easily controlled his pace and kept them strung along behind him.

Dangling from Chu Han's hand like a sack of sand, Xiao Yunfei was handled without the slightest care. Chu Han did not care about Xiao Yunfei's feelings or what he could see. He just swung him around as he ran in huge strides, making it feel like riding a roller coaster.

Xiao Yunfei felt the world spin around him. Zombies kept charging out from both sides, lunging at him without warning. Rows of grim teeth came within inches of him, sometimes no more than a millimeter from the tip of his nose.

"Ahhh!! They bit me! They bit me!"

Xiao Yunfei was scared out of his wits and screamed desperately.

Most of the zombies lagged far behind because they could not keep up with Chu Han's speed. But a few of them got lucky. As Chu Han ran past, they happened to stick out their heads, open their mouths, and take a precise bite out of Xiao Yunfei!

Xiao Yunfei screamed louder and louder. More and more wounds appeared on his body, bleeding constantly and drawing out even more zombies. Along the road behind Chu Han, the zombies could be seen gathering around the ground from time to time, eagerly licking up every drop of Xiao Yunfei's blood before resuming their mad pursuit.

Chu Han did not waste time wandering around the complex. He merely passed through several routes with many zombies to draw their aggro, then immediately headed for the exit. He could not afford to be too greedy. His physique was only Tier 1 right now, not especially strong. Not every battle could offer the same perfect timing, terrain, and circumstances as the one on the rooftop of the public restroom.

Chu Han's string of feats was extremely high-profile and caused a tremendous commotion. The cries of zombie hordes shifted along the roads, quickly drawing the attention of the living people in the complex.

Many survivors cautiously pressed themselves beside their windows and peered outside with curiosity.

"Look! What's going on?!"

"A zombie horde? No, these zombies are all running in the same direction!"

"What happened?!"

The survivors watched from afar. They did not dare openly open their windows to call out and communicate. They could only hide behind the curtains, excitedly watching as the zombies went farther and farther away before finally gathering at the complex entrance.

Great! The zombies had been drawn away by something, and the complex was temporarily safe. They could go out and search for food!

At the top floor of Building Seven, a slightly chubby bald man stood on a windowless balcony, holding binoculars. He was exceptionally bold, completely unlike the other timid survivors in the complex. He did not seem afraid of zombies at all.

This Bald Man's surname was He. Before he turned sixteen, he had spent sixteen years as a monk at a temple. After turning sixteen, he returned to secular life because he had accidentally gotten into Peking University and needed to study hard to make something of himself. In the end, he dropped out after two years and stayed home as a shut-in until the apocalypse broke out.

"Holy crap!" He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, clicking his tongue in amazement. "This kid's got guts! He lured over a hundred zombies—where's he planning to run? Huh? He got out? Damn it, he's too far away!"

He abruptly turned and ran inside. The room was a mess, like an abandoned factory, with all sorts of parts piled across the floor. Yet strangely, it was clearly daytime, and the complex's power supply had long since stopped, but the Bald Man's home still had lights on. An old-fashioned electric fan beside the bed was also whirring away.

More than a dozen radios sat on the table opposite him, each half dismantled. Some parts had vanished entirely, making them look ready to fall apart at any moment. Yet bizarrely, all of the radios were playing. The broadcasts were in more than a dozen languages from different countries, but their general meaning was similar: messages of reassurance from governments to their citizens.

After entering the room, the Bald Man casually tossed his binoculars aside with a smack. He then went to a corner and dug another pair out from a pile of machinery. Immediately afterward, he eagerly ran back to the balcony, raised the binoculars, and watched with great interest.

"Holy crap, this kid's pretty handsome!" As he watched Chu Han, he took ice cubes from the refrigerator beside him and casually dropped them into the unfinished beer at hand. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. His skills aren't bad at all. Huh?"

He suddenly froze. His casual smile instantly turned sinister as his eyes fixed tightly on the scene in his binoculars.

"Isn't that Xiao Yunfei in that guy's hand?!" the Bald Man suddenly shouted, then watched the situation below with a grave expression.

By now, Chu Han had drawn the aggro to its limit. If he drew them any farther, he would likely be unable to escape disaster himself. He did not linger. Quickly leading the zombie horde out of the complex, he suddenly accelerated toward the left.

"Where's he going?!" The Bald Man did not blink as he turned his binoculars, muttering continuously to himself. "What's going on with Xiao Yunfei? Why is he covered in blood? What exactly is happening between these two?"

Naturally, the running Chu Han had no idea that every one of his actions was being watched. Carrying the half-dead Xiao Yunfei, he sprinted all the way onward. Turning left after leaving the complex led directly to a gas station. Chu Han ran straight there, violently flung Xiao Yunfei's body into the center of the station, then crouched low and rolled into the shrubs nearby. He tried to minimize his presence, inching backward step by step while staring unblinkingly ahead.

More than a hundred zombies had been led out of the complex by him. Mindless as they were, they instinctively chose Xiao Yunfei's direction. The bloody scent on Xiao Yunfei's body was a fatal temptation to zombies.

Chu Han silently counted the time. When he saw that every zombie had entered the trap he had prepared long ago—

Whoosh!

He forcefully hurled a lit lighter, sending it accurately into the center of the gas station! At the same time, Chu Han leaped backward and ran for his life.

Boom—

Flames shot into the sky, and thick smoke billowed out.

"Damn!" Chu Han staggered. He had miscalculated the amount of gasoline just now and had nearly been injured.

Then the smile on Chu Han's lips widened as he began checking his system Points.

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